🐹 Prairie Dog Care and New Enclosure

[@edwinatalley3024]

Treat them like you love ❤️ them by letting them out of the cage daily….they experience a sense of freedom….they already know the cage is there home make it more like a home than captivity…..They can learn to coexist and not totally destroy your home…. Just takes love ❤️ time and patience….make them feel like part of the family by letting them explore beyond the cage….. Prairie dogs aren’t meant to be caged animals😢 She also need things and materials to burrow and nest in😊😊😊❤❤❤ Yep they need the wheel keeps them in motion and blow off steam plus it’s great exercise which helps them sleep well😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@susanmartin3762]

There is a KZbin famous Prairie DOG. When he hears his name being called.. he stands up on his hind legs and Barks back!! It is so cute. He has free range in the house. He also had "his house " that he comes and goes as it wishes. They have Wheel for him to run on.. it looks just like a satellite dish!! I'll get the name if ya want to check it out. Yours just love their new crib! I can tell!.. I found it. It's Poppy the prairie do😊g

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

i give my pd boy cardboard boxes and old clothes to shred, and he likes that alot. i've always had just one pd at a time, and i don't believe it's always best to have two if you can give that one alot of attention. my pd boy sleeps next to me in bed most nights.

[@IntrepidExotics]

So do we, they love anything they can shred!

[@ladynightqueen5667]

@15:46 - 16:05 😂 I love the fact the Prairie dog is looking at you. Wondering who you are talking to. Too cute

[@susanmartin3762]

Her hubby is hiding and saying, "Good you keep her occupied! She's been on my ass all day! I've brought her flowers and beetles and a treat.. she's not havin' any of it !!"😊😊 Bring her some chocolate! Girls like that when they're hormonal!!🤣🤣

[@heidimj1380]

I hope she has pups! That's great that you're so in tune with their temperaments and language. Her chatter reminds me a little of the alarm chatter I hear squirrels make 🐿️

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

they're ground squirrels

[@jrbp33]

Such cute little hogs, the way they like their cheeks scratched reminds me of cats.

[@rainymondays7541]

do they get on well with the hedgehoge? also, do you keep them in separate rooms since the hedgehog is an nocturnal animal and these two are actice during the day? And one more - how do you keep them away from furniture? Id really like to get prairie dogs as pets at home 😊

[@do0ranfrump260]

I've got a pair living in my steel yard.under a pile of rock. They are large. They have black butts and darker brown fur. I spot them on the weekend mostly when no one else is here. So I put out some cheerios and banana chips.. along with a few carrots to see if they'd eat them. I feel kind of bad for them because all the prairies around here are being plowed under to make clostruphobic town home by the thousands.

[@melissaleandro5409]

I’m just seeing this video now but what a nice upgrade, great job! Have you considered solid stairs from each level instead of the wire or maybe covering the wire with a solid surface. I’ve heard that maybe better for their lil feet but just an idea. Thanks for sharing the video!

[@IntrepidExotics]

Thank you! There have been so many experiments on their caging but they only turn it into bedding, lol. They chew up anything in their enclosure that's not metal, lol.

[@geekbabe100]

They are adorable ❤

[@dacoldest3896]

poor boy he has to deal with her mood swings. Thats the life you have to deal with when it comes to females haha

[@susanmartin3762]

Your t shirt is crazy funny!😂

[@imwaytogoodlookingtobeyour1188]

Gonna see this video...can you do a video of which giant snake makes the best pet and pros and cons between African rock pythons,burmese pythons,green anacondas,mainland reticulated pythons and boa constrictors

[@sue2019]

Thanks. U gave so many great tips! What do you do abt their going potty? Do they have something like a cat box? I would not want a little, sweet prairie dog piddling or pooping around our home.

[@IntrepidExotics]

They just drop wherever they go, lol. Little pellets that just get cleaned out with frequent bedding changes

[@sue2019]

@IntrepidExotics 9h boo. I step on any thing on the floor. Do u think they can be trained? We went to see Mutts r nuts" rescue dogs show. Those babies were unbelievable AND so happy. Their tails wagged & wagged as they did their wonderful work.

[@REBELSCL]

Hi..great video. I have 2 questions. 1) Did she have pups - and if so how are they doing? 2) Did the fleece cover over the plastic floor work? Perhaps a tin smith could custom make flooring for you….

[@IntrepidExotics]

No pups unfortunately but we did find a tin pan to fit the enclosure, they love to den up with the fleece

[@Za11um]

Big ounce moment

[@V3NQM69]

Awesome animals!

[@tammymorrison9491]

They have large metal solid ones on chewy for 100 work great for chinchillas too

[@JolynJessica]

thinking of getting a pair as pets. i live in germany, hard to find infos on how to set up the enclosure here. gladly i learned they are recognised as pets. and not to expensive.

[@alishajackson9234]

Will you do an update on your prairie dogs soon?

[@IntrepidExotics]

I need to, they are pretty popular little guys

[@heisrisen6898]

Man we have been trying to get babies from our prairie dogs no success yet, but we just ordered 4 females & 5 males greetings from Naples Florida

[@IntrepidExotics]

very tough to breed from what I understand, definitely would love to find babies in there at some point though!

[@heisrisen6898]

@@IntrepidExotics When you get a chance check out a video of our prairie dogs the cage that you have I believe it’s a critter nation at the bottom we built a box enclosed with wood and 3 inch pipe buried with dirt all the way to the top the prairie dogs love it I need to up load a new video of current state of the cage but yes if you can check out my video I do believe it shows the bottom of the cage

[@yesidtac7863]

Very good my friend

[@matthewribeiro1167]

Why diddint you show them doing the wahoooo ??? Cmon man, that will def get you more views

[@Meditation409]

This is awesome 😀😍

[@carterkaselak7881]

Where do you get prairie dogs, I want some they are just so hard to find

[@IntrepidExotics]

I adopted mine from someone locally entirely by chance

[@carterkaselak7881]

@@IntrepidExotics are they still selling any?

[@IntrepidExotics]

Not that I'm aware of

[@carterkaselak7881]

@@IntrepidExotics ok, thank you.

[@Meditation409]

The cuteness level kind of takes over you!! 😍🥰

[@ScarletCandlelight]

You have a link for the Enclosure in the video you moved them to?

[@IntrepidExotics]

The caging is Critter Nation and we added a metal tray to the top and bottom levels because they chew up anything plastic, that came from Quality Cage Crafters. If you have any problem finding those let me know :-)

[@ScarletCandlelight]

@@IntrepidExotics thank you I will go look now I want to upgrade my 2 also

[@georgesmith8113]

Nice! 👍👊😎

[@VITAS874]

They bite painful ? Like rats Or like cats?

[@IntrepidExotics]

not at all, it's like the hard side of velcro really, small teeth :-)

[@azamarabear]

😮❤

[@Tara1978Tara]

This man clearly cares greatly for his beloved companions but this video kills me. So many people are going to see this and think it’s appropriate to keep prairie dogs in wire cages. This is absolutely the last place they should be kept. An appropriate enclosure for this kind of animal would be the size of that entire room and have several feet of substrate suitable for digging and creating burrows as prairie dogs are burrowing animals and have a strong instinctual need to burrow. An environment which doesn’t allow them to engage in this natural behavior causes a great deal of stress and can lead to anxiety and depression. They also need a very large exercise wheel. A 12” wheel is suitable for an animal approximately the size of a Syrian hamster. They must be able to run with their feet flat on the wheels surface - if the wheel is too small it will cause the animal’s back to bow leading to painful back problems. For a good example of an appropriate size wheel for a prairie dog check out Prairie Doug’s KZbin channel. Doug has a fantastic wheel. The part about them being highly social animals is 100% accurate, particularly the part where he says keeping a single prairie dog is essentially torture. Please, for the love of all pets research an animal’s needs and seriously think about whether or not you can meet those needs before getting any animal. They depend on us for EVERYTHING and deserve the best care.

[@IntrepidExotics]

Where do you keep your prairie dogs at? Do you know what their periods of activity-inactivity are? Do you know how much attention and activity they get? There will always be the "but in the wild" group talking about unrealistically sized enclosures. The fact is that when an animals basic needs are met and supplemented with daily interaction and enrichment they live much longer, healthier happier lives in a stable environment where they aren't prey for nearly every carnivore in their natural habitat. There is a reason their lifespan in captivity is triple that of in the wild. I wouldn't suggest letting this video "kill you" too much because in the wild these animals would have been digested long ago.

[@Tara1978Tara]

@@IntrepidExotics - not sure where the “in the wild” comes into anything. My original comment didn’t include anything about wild vs captive prairie dogs. My comment was about people keeping prairie dogs in wire cages which are too small and lack opportunity for them to burrow. Wire cages can also damage their teeth when a human underestimates their need for interaction and enrichment (just as they likely underestimated their need for adequate space by putting them in a too small cage). All animals kept In captivity deserve the space and ability to engage in their natural behaviors which help them feel happy and safe, such as burrowing. Since you brought up wild vs captive prairie dogs the reason captive prairie dogs live three times as long as wild ones is because they’re not being preyed on by other wild animals not because people are providing them with everything that makes a prairie dog happy (I regularly see prairie dogs on KZbin in cages too small to humanely keep a hamster in). All captive animals deserve the best, not just adequate.

[@IntrepidExotics]

@@Tara1978Tara yea...re-stating your original remark with more words and refusing to acknowledge any fact anyone else presents. I don't care about inflexible, self-righteous "opinions" presented as fact from anyone that refuses to acknowledge valid counter-points. Have a great day.

[@VITAS874]

Looks like it's hard to care of them.

[@trixie9777]

@@Tara1978Tarayou make valid points. I’ve watched another video of someone who has a pet prairie dog. I think she was a rescue. They say in every single video that prairie dogs don’t make good pets b-c of how high maintenance they are. I think that’s a responsible thing to communicate. Since they are so cute people might not realize the time & energy involved in caring for them. Plus they talk about how destructive prairie dogs are. I’m sure this guy has time & space for these 2 since this is what he does (I hope he lets them out), but he makes it look easy and it’s not. People might get the wrong idea about the care for them.

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